Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan | |
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Nolan as Martin Kane, c. 1951 | |
| Born | Lloyd Benedict Nolan August 11, 1902 San Francisco, California, US |
| Died | September 27, 1985 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–1985 |
| Spouses | Mell Efrid
(m. 1933; died 1981)Virginia Dabney (m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American stage, film and television actor who rose from a supporting player and B-movie lead early in his career to featured player status after creating the role of Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk's play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in the mid-1950s. Nolan won a Best Actor Emmy Award reprising the part in 1955 TV play based on Wouk's tale of military justice. Additionally, he starred in the Mike Shayne detective films, and the groundbreaking sitcom Julia starring Diahann Carroll.